Chapter 106 – The Ming Family Mother and Son
“How is Lan Shi today?” The Ming Family’s old Taijun looked at her son indifferently, concerned about her grandson.
Ming Qingda narrowed his eyes and said, “That child knows the lesser of the two, besides, he’s treated her well these past few years.”
“Men.” The Ming Family’s Old Taijun sneered and scoffed, “After all, they are all like this.”
After thinking about it, the old woman shook her head and said, “Let Lan Shi have less dealings with Yuan Dazhong, the other day I heard that that disciple of Lord Qin was opening a green house in the city, Lan Shi sold the bamboo pavilion and felt a little uncomfortable, and was planning with Yuan Dazhong how to break Lord Qin’s business, now since we have drawn up a constitution, of course we can’t do the opposite. ”
She continued coldly, “Yuan Dazhong is the woman of the world’s son, you let Lan Shi drool less, besides, you are not unaware that the Fan family hates Yuan Meng to the bone, if Fan Xian notices that Yuan Meng is in Suzhou city, he is only afraid that he will kill her in the first place, and it will be a few more dangers for Ming Shi to come and go with her.”
Ming Qingda nodded his head in response and was about to exit the room, but unexpectedly his old mother still kept him back, and after a long moment of silence, asked worriedly, “Our arrangements, after all, are our arrangements, and I always feel that that little Lord Fan shouldn’t have been so quiet after Iron Hands fixed the inner treasury.”
Ming Qingda thought about it and then calmly responded, “Mother don’t worry, after all, our family is also a big family with a reputation in the world, without holding solid evidence, even if it’s an imperial inspector, he wouldn’t dare to strike out indiscriminately.”
Elder Taijun Ming’s eyebrows are white, full of wrinkles are caught in the world and indifference, cold voice grunted: “Do not dare? Even 400,000 taels of white snow silver are not wanted, what he wants must be more, who else in this world can give him so much silver except my Ming family?”
Indeed, 400,000 taels of silver, to be raised in such a short period of time and delivered to Fan Xian’s hands, this ability was already enough to shock the world, and although Fan Xian extremely incredibly didn’t accept it, this bribe of silver which could be called the biggest in the world could already go down in history. Fan Xian didn’t even want 400,000 taels of silver, and what he sought was naturally greater.
“My son has thought about it.” Ming Qingda said unhurriedly, “It doesn’t have to be all bad if Lord Qinzhi didn’t accept the silver. Let’s just say that during September last year, the old Cui family’s once gave away 20,000 taels of silver at the One Stone Residence, and little Lord Fan laughed it off, but as soon as he turned his back, he annihilated the Cui family, so whether or not he collected the silver doesn’t mean that this strange lord has any ideas.”
From ancient times to the present, receiving silver to do a job was a natural thing to do, and things like Fan Xian receiving 20,000 taels of silver from the Cui family, but not giving a single benefit, not to mention the fact that he also thunderbolted the Cui family to bring them down, were really quite rare. This move completely destroyed Fan Xian’s credibility in the bribery jungle, and the merchants of Jiangnan held a deep grudge against this matter.
The Ming family’s old Taijun had two cheeks of skin and flesh that were powerless, and when she smiled, she looked extraordinarily horrible, and said mockingly, ”The Cui family is also a small family, and they can’t even look at things properly, and that precious son of his family who offended Fan Xian in the upper capital of Beiqi, and was punished by being sentenced to half a night’s kneeling, wants to use 20,000 taels of silver to wipe out the situation? Little Lord Fan received this silver, not to do anything for the Cui family, but only to show that he no longer holds a grudge for what happened in Shangjing, and as for later, who knows what happened.”
Speaking here, this old woman frowned and asked, “How is Hui’er?”
Ming Qingda returned, “The mood is better.”
The Cui and Ming families were engaged in a marriage under the secret arrangement of the Princess, and the Hui’er mentioned at this time was Cui Zhi Hui, the main wife of the Ming family’s third generation, Ming Lan Shi. After the Cui family was organized by Fan Xian, those leading figures, although under the protection of Yan Xiaoyi survived, but the family broke up and scattered, thousands of Guan wind flow and go, married into the Ming family’s new wife is inevitably fearful of the feeling of day to day to wash their faces with tears.
Slightly said some family matters, and the topic back to the right way, Ming Lao Taijun narrowed her eyes and said: “Taiping money bank’s banker came to say before, our family deposits of silver this time are almost ready, but a few days ago, you came to talk to me about Merchants Bank …… and what is the origin of the way? How never heard of it?”
“I’m a little worried about the Taiping Money Bank side.” Ming Qingda frowned and said, “The previously mentioned Shi Elanli, I heard that he had withdrawn several large sums of silver in the money bank, if the court, or rather, Lord Chinchilla has buried any tricks, I’m afraid that something will go wrong at that time.”
Seeing that his mother did not say a word, in deep thought, he continued, “Merchants Money Bank is a new one, it only started to appear over in Dongyi City last year, and as you know, most of today’s money banks come from Dongyi. The shares and background behind it, I asked someone to check, there shouldn’t be any problems. What my son is thinking about is that if the tender for the inner treasury this time is raised by the qinshi, there should always be a guarantee for the flow of water in the future, and there should be a way to keep a path outside of the Taiping money changers.”
Elder Taijun Ming opened her eyes and said with a cold smile, “What is the background that makes you believe so? Our family is doing business with the internal treasury, and the silver we need is like running water, so how can a small money bank turn over the money in a hurry? Fan Xian went to Jiangnan, even let you messed up your mind, really not a lot of talent.”
Ming Qingda’s heart was slightly rattled, but on his face he still kept a smile and explained, “The main thing is that the background is reliable, guess who is behind that Merchants Money Bank?”
“Don’t get into these metaphysics with me.” Elder Taijun Ming stared at her son in disgust.
Ming Qingda coughed twice before saying, “The investigation is clear, the shares of the Merchants Money Bank, most of them are the property of the Shen family, the court of Northern Qi is pursuing the money heavily, back then, the Shen family’s money-managing gentleman fled to Dongyi, and that’s how he started to do this business.”
“Shen family?” Elder Taijun Ming’s eyes finally showed a trace of interest, “North Qi Zhenfu Division Recruiter Shen Chong?”
“Exactly.”
Elder Taijun Ming pondered for a little while and then said with a withered smile, “The Northern Qi court copied the Shen family, Miss Shen escaped alone, and there has been a fortune that has not been copied. Back then, Shen Chong and the Cui family teamed up to hold the inner treasury smuggling to Beiqi, I don’t know how much silver has been stored, if it’s his family, this money bank has some financial strength.”
“The most crucial thing is that the real backer of the Merchants Money Bank is an extremely powerful family in Dong Yi City.” Ming Qingda struck the iron while it was hot and said, “Shen Chong was killed by the Emperor of Northern Qi, and it should be related to Lord Fan Jr. So the Merchants’ Money Bank definitely won’t be able to get through to the imperial court and Northern Qi.”
Ming family in addition to the huge silver hidden in the fields and manor, used to do business with the silver basically exist in the Taiping money bank, and from the Taiping money bank transfer money seal, but has been in the hands of the Ming Lao Taijun, Ming Qingda empty the name of the head of the Ming family, in fact, but is only a puppet, today strongly recommended to his mother Merchants money bank, who knows what thoughts stored in the stomach.
I don’t know whether Ming Lao Taijun perceived her son’s thoughts, the smile died instantly, said coldly: “Shi Yanli can transfer how much money from the Taiping money bank, did you not find out?”
Ming Qingda felt a trace of cold sweat is flowing down from the back, forced himself to calmly said: “Taiping side was forced by me, their old boss only good bad rules, gave me a real number, Shi Elan Li can transfer that batch of silver from the source is not clear, it should be the Fan family, the total number of should be in the 50,000 taels or so.”
Elder Taijun Ming snorted coldly and didn’t say anything, just staring at her son.
Ming Qingda became more and more nervous.
I don’t know how long it took before Elder Taijun Ming sighed and said, “It’s better not to panic and contact the Merchants side first. For one thing, Shi Elaboration doesn’t have a lot of silver that he can move, it’s simply not enough to cause us trouble above the bidding. Secondly, behind the Taiping Money Bank is the Four Gu Swords that old monster, this money bank is most concerned about credibility, you let them break the rules, it is because the Four Gu Swords need our Ming family to deliver goods to Dongyi City, if you turn around and go to and Merchants Money Bank, where would they feel comfortable in their hearts? Thirdly, the Merchants Money Bank’s back even if it is the Shen family’s money back then, it is actually nothing, even if there are still the big clans in Dongyi City as you said,…… but Dongyi City’s side is also very chaotic, the so-called big clans are only a thorn in the side of the Four Gu Swords, why do we need to go and offend the Four Gu Swords?”
Ming Qingda raised his head, as if he hadn’t expected his mother to speak to him so gently.
Elder Taijun Ming finally concluded, “There can be some small dealings on the Merchants Money Bank side, as for the inner treasury side, we must still go through the Taiping Money Bank, just to be on the safe side.”
Ming Qingda did not dare to say anything else, always feel that the mother’s gentle behind hiding a murderous bloodless knife, just the heart is still somewhat unconvinced, doing business, of course, the capital is about a cunning rabbit three holes, what are placed in the Taiping money bank, where can this work?
Mother and son’s judgment produced a little deviation, and it is this little deviation, leading to those very troublesome things later.
“If Lord Qinzhi can tolerate our family for a few years, then it will be according to your meaning, just go on like this, if he …… must cure our Ming family to death, you know what should be done.”
Ming Qingda ricked and answered yes, and after a long time of silence said, “The Junshan meeting will be held next month, I am afraid that it will be too late.”
Ming Lao Taijun looked at him coldly: “Killing, and not a kind of urgent work …… As for the Junshan Association side, our Ming family will Jiangnan martial arts forest raised for so many years, under the eyes of the imperial court to protect them for so many years, shouldn’t they have some repayment?”
The killing in these words naturally referred to killing Fan Xian. And the Junshan Society was definitely not the martial arts assembly that Zou Lei had once wanted to use against Fan Xian.
The so-called rivers and lakes in the Qing country, but the real rivers and lakes, is definitely not the West Lake next to the green stone apron on that look.
There are so-called masters in the grassy plains, like the Jiangnan Water Village, the level of the old priests of the masters, I do not know how many places to hide.
The so-called Junshan will, is these so-called Jianghu in the so-called experts, the real gathering place. The Junshan Society had always been unknown, and no one knew just how much power it possessed.
If Fan Xian really wanted to drive the Ming family to extinction, a great family that had stretched on for a hundred years would naturally have the means to fight back. Especially since at the moment, the shadows and professional assassins of the Sixth Office were playing hide-and-seek with the Dongyi City swordsmen all over Jiangnan, and the defense force around Fan Xian was not as tight as it seemed.
Ming Qingda clearly disapproved of this proposal and said with a slight sneer, ”I don’t believe that Junshan will be able to kill someone who can’t even be killed in Dongyi City. In addition mother don’t forget, Lord Qinzhi himself is a supreme expert, his side also has tiger guards sent by His Majesty, and the most crucial thing is …… that Northern Qi saintly daughter, Haitang, should also be under his left and right.”
Elder Taijun Ming looked at her son with pity: “Killing is a fight for your life, not a game about success rate, if others are going to kill our whole family, and you are still thinking about whether or not you can kill the other party, then you will never have the chance to kill the other party.”
Ming Qingda smiled bitterly and responded, “Even if I can kill Fan Xian, so what? His Majesty is furious, the world is shocked, could my Ming family still survive?”
“Naturally, I have to do it without a drop of water, and give the world a convincing answer.” Elder Taijun Ming said indifferently, “If we can kill Fan Xian, then naturally, the Four Gu Swords of Dong Yi City did it, so what does it have to do with our Ming Family? Anyway, the Four Gu Swords have taken a lot of black pots over the years, so it doesn’t matter if we have one more.”
Ming Qingda said mockingly, “This excuse may only be able to fool ourselves, but it won’t fool the people under the sky, much less the Supervisory Court and His Majesty.”
“If we can kill Fan Xian.” Elder Taijun Ming said expressionlessly, “Of course, it would be best if peace could be maintained. But if that day really comes, I believe that our wise Majesty of the Daqing Dynasty will not shake the entire Jiangnan and the foundation of his rule because of a dead bastard, and if things can be minimized, His Majesty will definitely suppress them.”
“One living Fan Xian is more valuable than ten Ming families, but ten dead Fan Xians are no match for one crippled Ming family. His Majesty doesn’t like our Ming family, but he can’t destroy our Ming family, so His Majesty just hopes that this time Fan Xian will be able to take our Ming family intact into the hands of the imperial court……. If you see this point, this family, I’ll be able to hand it over to you with confidence.”
A hint of hatred surfaced on Ming Lao Taijun’s face, “I’ll fill this life of mine in when the time comes.”
Ming Qingda had mixed feelings and cried, “What obscure words is mother saying.”
He secretly laughed in his heart, “The old woman is really old, she actually looks at things confusedly like this, if you really killed Fan Xian according to you, how would His Majesty still give the Ming family a chance to live? How could His Majesty give the Ming family a way out if you killed Fan Xian? Do you think your life is really worth that much?